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I know I tend to try and remain positive here, and try not to share too much about my social life, but about a year ago or so, my pet guinea passed away. I didn't feel up to sharing it, as again I don't like sharing a lot of personal stuff, and also because I was in the midst of grieving, I still am a little, but it's been getting better. Just know that a lot, and I mean a LOT of personal real life stuff happened that I don't feel up to sharing here at this point in time. But Butterscotch reached the age of six, and it was just her time to go as an old guinea...

Even as I prepared this, I couldn't help but go all watery-eyed thinking about it all, and the fact that she was gone, gone but not forgotten.

So for older followers that may have seen one old drawing of me with my guinea pig Butterscotch, that I had made years ago, and for newer followers, this may come as a shock, or not, but I actually had guinea pigs for pets. My more recent one was Butterscotch, a female tricolored female guinea big that was actually with slightly longer fur than what I drew here, and she was beautiful... Such a sweet and cuddly little thing she was, relatively small even compared to other grown guinea pig. And when I first had her, man she was so, so tiny and it was adorable. I'm pretty sure she had dark brown eyes, but I wanted her to stand out a little bit more here.

She came with the only black part of her face, on her face was a crescent black moon. I considered naming her something related to the moon, but my younger nicknamed her Butterscotch until I could officially name her, and it just stuck because she really did look like a Butterscotch-kind of guinea pig. So I couldn't picture her being anything else and went for that.

Butterscotch has been my companion for a solid six years after that Christmas day, and she's made me want to improve myself as a guinea pig mom because of my affection for her, and I do believe it to be mutual.

I've learned so much about her during those times, such as this one cute little habit she never failed in doing. For context, she's had this thing she can climb onto it, and with it, it was expected for you to keep a food bowl there, however Butterscotch would NOT have any of that, and instead just kind of pushed the bowl off in utter disrespect, and by God it was adorable. Whether it was to have the space up there for herself, or maybe, just maybe, she wanted to try being a little punk, I found myself loving this trait of hers.

Her absolutely favorite treat were oranges and fresh parsley, and I'm going to miss giving those to her too...

I've made a few mistakes I wish to fix in the near future when becoming a guinea pig mom again. Like, I wish I waited until I was allowed more guinea pigs at our place, so Butterscotch stayed more social and outgoing. I wish we had more room to work with and give her. I wish to spend even more time with her again... Even though I do tend to think on the positive, it is important to consider what I have learned from raising her.

Around the time of her passing, I noticed she wasn't eating so much anymore, so I took the liberty of making her mush consisting of green veggies, orange juice, and guinea pig food pallets. But...for her very last day, she couldn't even eat the mush, and she began the process of passing.

We went for a peaceful drive, trying to sooth her as she went, and she died rather peacefully.

Six years, six years I've had her, she lived a hearty and healthy guinea pig life. She'll always be on my mind, and I truly hope she can rest in peace... I love you, my adorable moon-faced Butterscotch.

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I know I tend to try and remain positive here, and try not to share too much about my social life, but about a year ago or so, my pet guinea passed away. I didn't feel up to sharing it, as again I don't like sharing a lot of personal stuff, and also because I was in the midst of grieving, I still am a little, but it's been getting better. Just know that a lot, and I mean a LOT of personal real life stuff happened that I don't feel up to sharing here at this point in time. But Butterscotch reached the age of six, and it was just her time to go as an old guinea...

Even as I prepared this, I couldn't help but go all watery-eyed thinking about it all, and the fact that she was gone, gone but not forgotten.

So for older followers that may have seen one old drawing of me with my guinea pig Butterscotch, that I had made years ago, and for newer followers, this may come as a shock, or not, but I actually had guinea pigs for pets. My more recent one was Butterscotch, a female tricolored female guinea big that was actually with slightly longer fur than what I drew here, and she was beautiful... Such a sweet and cuddly little thing she was, relatively small even compared to other grown guinea pig. And when I first had her, man she was so, so tiny and it was adorable. I'm pretty sure she had dark brown eyes, but I wanted her to stand out a little bit more here.

She came with the only black part of her face, on her face was a crescent black moon. I considered naming her something related to the moon, but my younger nicknamed her Butterscotch until I could officially name her, and it just stuck because she really did look like a Butterscotch-kind of guinea pig. So I couldn't picture her being anything else and went for that.

Butterscotch has been my companion for a solid six years after that Christmas day, and she's made me want to improve myself as a guinea pig mom because of my affection for her, and I do believe it to be mutual.

I've learned so much about her during those times, such as this one cute little habit she never failed in doing. For context, she's had this thing she can climb onto it, and with it, it was expected for you to keep a food bowl there, however Butterscotch would NOT have any of that, and instead just kind of pushed the bowl off in utter disrespect, and by God it was adorable. Whether it was to have the space up there for herself, or maybe, just maybe, she wanted to try being a little punk, I found myself loving this trait of hers.

Her absolutely favorite treat were oranges and fresh parsley, and I'm going to miss giving those to her too...

I've made a few mistakes I wish to fix in the near future when becoming a guinea pig mom again. Like, I wish I waited until I was allowed more guinea pigs at our place, so Butterscotch stayed more social and outgoing. I wish we had more room to work with and give her. I wish to spend even more time with her again... Even though I do tend to think on the positive, it is important to consider what I have learned from raising her.

Around the time of her passing, I noticed she wasn't eating so much anymore, so I took the liberty of making her mush consisting of green veggies, orange juice, and guinea pig food pallets. But...for her very last day, she couldn't even eat the mush, and she began the process of passing.

We went for a peaceful drive, trying to sooth her as she went, and she died rather peacefully.

Six years, six years I've had her, she lived a hearty and healthy guinea pig life. She'll always be on my mind, and I truly hope she can rest in peace... I love you, my adorable moon-faced Butterscotch.